The sweeping Republican tax-cut bill includes new requirements that are projected to remove millions from the Medicaid ...

A new working paper from the University of Chicago provides the strongest evidence to date that expanding access to health ...

Illinois lawmakers have approved a $55.2 billion budget with new taxes on sports betting and nicotine, plus cuts to immigrant ...

The program covers nearly 3.5 million people in Illinois, or about a quarter of the state’s population. According to the ...

Currently, Medicaid eligibility is not tied to employment. However, proposals to add work reporting requirements continue to be circulated as a cost-saving measure in Medicaid. Work reporting ...

But legislators have also been making changes. In January, an Illinois law went into effect forbidding credit bureaus from factoring in medical debt in credit reports and scores. That follows a policy ...

Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) enrollment in Colorado has fallen from more than 1.7 million to less than 1.2 million between March 2023 and October 2024, according to health ...

While the state infuses hundreds of millions a year into child care programs, the strict eligibility requirements and ...